How to Get ChatGPT to Recommend Your SaaS

About this episode

👋 Try Distribb for Free: https://distribb.io/?utm_source=yt-tanya Tanya built and sold a bootstrapped SaaS for six figures, then founded Ranking On AI, an agency doing SEO and AI visibility for SaaS like Cal.com and Suno. I invited her to share the exact playbook to get your SaaS cited by ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. We cover why AI recommendations convert 17x higher than regular Google clicks, the 6-step process to start ranking from scratch with zero budget, how to get free backlinks through listicle exchanges, and quick wins to get cited by ChatGPT in 72 hours. Tanya's links: 🌐 Website: https://rankingonai.com 📩 Newsletter: https://rankingonai.substack.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyavangastel/ 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@foundertanya 🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/foundertanya Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - Why bootstrapped founders should care about SEO 1:58 - Why AI recommendations convert 17x higher 2:55 - SEO vs AI SEO: what's the difference? 3:59 - Informational queries are dead 5:01 - Bottom of funnel content is everything 6:08 - Should you post on your own site or other websites? 7:34 - How to get backlinks through listicle exchanges 9:41 - How to get free backlinks with no budget 11:03 - Working with affiliate bloggers 13:11 - Using commission rates to negotiate placement 14:10 - Distribb ad 15:22 - Which LLM should you optimize for? 17:22 - ChatGPT drives 70%+ of all LLM traffic 18:27 - Claude users vs ChatGPT users 19:55 - The 6-step playbook to get cited by LLMs 22:00 - Creating and publishing your content 24:15 - Setting up tracking with Google Analytics 26:29 - Website architecture and crawlability 29:38 - Internal linking and topical authority 34:07 - Quick wins: get cited in 72 hours 35:07 - YouTube videos as an AI visibility hack 37:02 - LinkedIn articles, Medium, and Reddit 39:17 - Top sources LLMs pull from right now 41:20 - LinkedIn articles vs LinkedIn posts 43:00 - The "domain name reviews" hack: does it work? 45:40 - Why this is a gray/black hat tactic 47:36 - Ranking on AI: case studies and results 50:11 - EditGPT: competing with Grammarly through SEO 51:26 - Final advice for SaaS founders